---
title: Dropdown Menu
description: Displays a menu to the user — such as a set of actions or functions — triggered by a button.
featured: true
component: true
links:
  doc: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/dropdown-menu
  api: https://www.radix-ui.com/docs/primitives/components/dropdown-menu#api-reference
---

<ComponentPreview
  name="dropdown-menu-demo"
  description="A dropdown menu with icons, shortcuts and sub menu items."
/>

## Installation

<CodeTabs>

<TabsList>
  <TabsTrigger value="cli">CLI</TabsTrigger>
  <TabsTrigger value="manual">Manual</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
<TabsContent value="cli">

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add dropdown-menu
```

</TabsContent>

<TabsContent value="manual">

<Steps>

<Step>Install the following dependencies:</Step>

```bash
npm install @radix-ui/react-dropdown-menu
```

<Step>Copy and paste the following code into your project.</Step>

<ComponentSource name="dropdown-menu" />

<Step>Update the import paths to match your project setup.</Step>

</Steps>

</TabsContent>

</CodeTabs>

## Usage

```tsx
import {
  DropdownMenu,
  DropdownMenuContent,
  DropdownMenuItem,
  DropdownMenuLabel,
  DropdownMenuSeparator,
  DropdownMenuTrigger,
} from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu"
```

```tsx
<DropdownMenu>
  <DropdownMenuTrigger>Open</DropdownMenuTrigger>
  <DropdownMenuContent>
    <DropdownMenuLabel>My Account</DropdownMenuLabel>
    <DropdownMenuSeparator />
    <DropdownMenuItem>Profile</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Billing</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Team</DropdownMenuItem>
    <DropdownMenuItem>Subscription</DropdownMenuItem>
  </DropdownMenuContent>
</DropdownMenu>
```

## Examples

### Checkboxes

<ComponentPreview
  name="dropdown-menu-checkboxes"
  description="A dropdown menu with checkboxes."
/>

### Radio Group

<ComponentPreview
  name="dropdown-menu-radio-group"
  description="A dropdown menu with radio items."
/>

## Changelog

### 2024-10-16 Classes for icons

Added `gap-2 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0` to the `DropdownMenuItem` to automatically style icon inside the dropdown menu item.

Add the following classes to the `DropdownMenuItem` in your `dropdown-menu.tsx` file.

```diff showLineNumbers title="dropdown-menu.tsx"
const DropdownMenuItem = React.forwardRef<
  React.ElementRef<typeof DropdownMenuPrimitive.Item>,
  React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof DropdownMenuPrimitive.Item> & {
    inset?: boolean
  }
>(({ className, inset, ...props }, ref) => (
  <DropdownMenuPrimitive.Item
    ref={ref}
    className={cn(
      "relative ... gap-2 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0",
      inset && "pl-8",
      className
    )}
    {...props}
  />
))
```

### 2024-10-25 Classes for `<DropdownMenuSubTrigger />`

Added `gap-2 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0` to the `<DropdownMenuSubTrigger />` to automatically style icon inside.

Add the following classes to the `cva` call in your `dropdown-menu.tsx` file.

```tsx title="dropdown-menu.tsx"
<DropdownMenuPrimitive.SubTrigger
  ref={ref}
  className={cn(
    "flex cursor-default gap-2 select-none items-center rounded-sm px-2 py-1.5 text-sm outline-none focus:bg-accent data-[state=open]:bg-accent [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:size-4 [&_svg]:shrink-0",
    inset && "pl-8",
    className
  )}
  {...props}
>
  {/* ... */}
</DropdownMenuPrimitive.SubTrigger>
```
